Before the competition started, as usual, the two villages exchanged gifts.
The gifts they each prepared were very thoughtful.
Lei Village did not give away precious Yafeng wild honey like other villages, but chose a few baskets of seasonal red bayberries.
Yucun also did not bring out the fish sauce and bamboo weave, but each held a watermelon.
While the two on-site commentators were still racking their brains to comment on the profound meaning of these two gifts, Sun Changxing and Shi Lang were already standing in the center circle, ready to jump the ball.
Both teams fielded their strongest lineups at the beginning.
On Leizhai's side, Long Xiaochuan plays point guard, Luo Gaozhan plays shooting guard, Long Zaiyuan plays small forward, Sun Changxing reluctantly plays the power forward position, and Pan Lei controls the court inside.
Yucun faced off tit for tat, Liu Dingding faced off against Long Xiaochuan, Shi Lang faced off against Sun Changxing, Xue Zhuang dominated the inside line, and there were two other players, Tan Zhong Bao and Wang Yisheng, who were very strong and clearly better than Long Zaiyuan and Luo Gaozhan in height and weight.
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"beep--"
As the referee blows the whistle and throws the ball high, the game officially begins.
Shi Lang jumped up high to compete, but found that Sun Changxing didn't take off at all. He easily pushed the ball into the hands of his own backcourt Liu Dingding.
The two commentators were stunned at first. When they saw Sun Changxing retreating directly to the three-point line and defending Xue Zhuang, who was pretending to "walk" forward, they explained to the audience: "This... should be Lei Zhai's tactic."
"Yes, I know I can't grab it, so I might as well not waste my energy."
There were boos from the audience in Yucun, and the people in Leizhai also felt very humiliated, shouting for cheers with a trace of dissatisfaction.
Only Liu Dingding shook his head and shouted helplessly: "First ball, be more steady."
It turned out that Lei Zhai had already completed the first offensive and defensive confrontation between the two teams before touching the ball. Sun Changxing's "unexpected return to defense" destroyed the blitz plan of Shi Lang-Liu Dingding-Xue Zhuang.
Unable to open up the situation quickly, Shi Lang and Xue Zhuang invaded the inside looking for opportunities.
Liu Dingding controlled the ball through the midfield, and passed the ball with Tian Zhongbao from the outside, patiently looking for offensive opportunities.
At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the basketball, but few noticed that Pan Lei and Xue Zhuang were locked fiercely under the basket.
Their arms were intertwined and pulled, their waists and buttocks were colliding, and their thick legs were alternately stretched out in front of each other...
Xue Zhuang is 1.9 meters tall and weighs close to 200 kilograms. On the surface, Pan Lei, who is 1.75 meters tall, is no match for him.
But Pan Lei's "big ass" is also really strong, with a low center of gravity and a solid chassis. Recently, he learned from Pan Qingguo and Long Zaiyuan to get in position in front of him and raise his hands high to interfere with passing and receiving, which caused a lot of trouble to Xue Zhuang for a while.
Trouble.
Shi Lang is the brains on the court. Seeing that Xue Zhuang failed to gain an advantage, he took the initiative to run to the top of the arc to block for Liu Dingding.
Liu Dingding received the attack signal and saw that his opponent Long Xiaochuan was blocked. He immediately accelerated his dribbling to the right and found an open opportunity for a long shot.
Long Zaiyuan was so experienced that he rushed forward to help Long Xiaochuan defend, and at the same time loudly reminded Sun Changxing and Long Xiaochuan to pay attention to intercepting Shi Lang.
Sure enough, Umura sought stability in his first attack. Liu Dingding faked a pass and handed the ball to Shi Lang, who cut inside after a pick-and-roll.
However, under the double-teaming of Long Xiaochuan and Sun Changxing, he had no chance to attack the basket and had no choice but to pass the ball back to Liu Dingding.
Yucun's passing and cutting coordination was skillful, while Lei Zhai's defense was impeccable. Seeing that the 24-second violation was approaching, Liu Dingding could only pass the ball to Tanaka Bao, who was temporarily unguarded.
Tanaka Takara caught the ball and attempted a three-point long shot. Unexpectedly, Long Zaiyuan, who was two meters away just now, jumped into the air like a god descending from the earth. The moment he touched the ball with one hand, his body arched back to release his force, and his right arm went down again.
He pressed hard and took the ball off hard.
It wasn't a block, it was a direct pick of the ball.
Luo Gaozhan reacted very quickly. Before Long Zaiyuan landed, he started running towards the basket of Yucun. After receiving Long Zaiyuan's powerful ground-breaking pass, he made an easy shot.
Wang Yisheng was two steps behind in pursuit and could only raise his hand to signal: "I'm sorry, my, my, my."
Shi Lang never expected that Lei Zhai would score the first goal with his own blitz and fast break. He returned to the backcourt to catch the ball and signaled everyone not to panic and not to mess up the position.
They also have their own tactical routines. No matter how strong Long Zaiyuan and Long Xiaochuan are, they are only two people. It is impossible to help defend every ball.
Luo Gaozhan, who is only 1.6 meters tall, is the best breakthrough point.
The Yucun player once again passed the ball from the outside, mobilizing the opponent's hurried defense, and then handed the ball to Wang Yisheng on the baseline.
This time Wang Yisheng also tried a three-point long shot. Although the basketball bounced out of the basket due to a small interference from Luo Gaozhan, Xue Zhuang under the basket grabbed the rebound and hooked the board into the basket, immediately tying the score.
Xue Zhuang, who grabbed the rebound, roared arrogantly: "Let go and shoot!"
Pan Lei wiped his sweat and signaled to Long Xiaochuan that he could still hold on and would definitely get a rebound next time.
It was Lei Zhai's turn to serve and attack, and they immediately felt Yucun's strong defensive pressure. The opponent's close defense was pressing closer and closer. Even a master of ball control like Long Xiaochuan wanted to pass the ball under Liu Dingding's entanglement.
The midfield is very demanding.
He looked for Long Zaiyuan with the ball, but found that he was blocked by Tian Zhongbao; he wanted to pass to Luo Gaozhan, but Wang Yisheng stuck it like a dog-skin plaster; he looked for Sun Changxing, and there was Shi Lang across the way.
It was Long Zaiyuan who actively ran and cooperated with him in a hand-to-hand pass, and Long Xiaochuan regained the opportunity to organize the offense.
The moment the two bodies passed each other, Long Xiaochuan decided to fight alone.
He passed Liu Dingding with a double change of in & out, and made a small "horseback archery" throw near the free throw line.
This is an unstable shooting method that is almost extinct in today's American professional basketball.
Because the body will have a little inertial drift in the air, and the inside players can cover up and block shots, the shooting rate will drop a lot.
Long Xiaochuan had no choice but to risk using this move. After all, there was a powerful center like Xue Zhuang under the basket, and his layup was just to give others a hat-trick.
The basketball was thrown in a high arc, but it was lightly touched by Xue Zhuang's fingertips as he jumped high.
As a result, the ball bounced twice at the connection between the basket and the backboard, and finally rolled down the side.
Shi Lang quickly grabbed the rebound with quick eyes and hands, and immediately launched a fast break.
Yucun's team members spared no effort and ran like five hungry wolves at full speed, charging murderously towards Pan Lei who was staying behind.
Shi Lang and Liu Dingding played a one-two with Liu Dingding, easily toying with Pan Lei and then flew directly for a dunk!
The entire audience was in an uproar, with screams, cheers, applause, and drums erupting at the same time. The enthusiastic atmosphere ignited the stadium and echoed in Thunder Mountain.
Although the game has just begun and the score is only 2:4, even the old lady who knows nothing about football can see that Amemura has the upper hand in these rounds of confrontation.
Long Xiaochuan adjusted his breathing and turned to look at Long Zaiyuan: "How to fight?"